Lock and lock mounting



Oct. 23, 1923. 1,471,740

E. c. KLINE LOCK AND LOGKYMOUNTING Filed Dec. 24. 1921 Patented Get. 23,1923.

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' Applieationiiled December 24, 1921. Serial No. 524,607.

To all wlwmitma e] cancer-m2 I Be: it known that L-Evrnn'r'r C. ,KLINE,a

' citiaenof the United States of America, and resident of Cincinnati, inthe countysof Hamilton and'Stateof Ohio, have-invented a new and usefulImprovement n Locksand- Lock Mountings, of WhlCh the following s aspecification.-

My invention relates to that type of look 1: generally employed onsafety deposit boxes in safety deposit vaults as is also set forth in myco-pending application Serial No. 524,606, filed December 2 1th,1921. Inthe ordinary deposit boxes referred to, and employing keys, it ispossible by hammering.

upon the shank of the lock, to break the look from the door of thedeposit box. These boxes have also been broken into by having the hingesof the door broken, and the hinged end of the door being then withdrawnfrom the mouth of the box.

An object of my invention is to provide lock and lock mounting, adaptedto be used with safety deposit boxes, wherein it will'be impossible fromthe outside of the box, to separate the look from the door of the boxwithout demolishing the'entire door.

Another object of my invention is to combine a lock and mounting whichwill per- .mit ready replacement or change of locks.

Another object is to provide a simple and efficient device to accomplishthese purposes.

These and other objects are atta'inedby the means described herein inwhich:

:is Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a .deposit Fig. 2. 7

*ig. 4: is a perspective view from thereal of the door, showing the doorpartly open.

Safety deposit boxes are ordinarily built in tiers or rows and each boxhas a door 1 which may be opened, closed and locked. To look andunlockthese doors it is generally necessary to have two keys, one keygenerally being retained by the bank and the other by the renter of thesafety deposit box. Although I have shown a lock embodying my inventionas being a two key lock, same may be readily applied to other types oflocks.

The-door 1 has inwardly extending sides 2 and 3 which are disposed atthe top and bottom respectively of the door and have formed between thema way orseat 4; within which may be disposed a lock 5, the shanks 6 ofwhich extend through slots 7 in the front wall of the door.- The keyswherewith the lock bolt, 8 is actuated are inserted into the shanks 6.The sides 2 and 3 l1ave U shaped slots 9 formed in their inner surfaces,said slots extending longitudinally of the door and extending insubstantial parallelism with one another. A bar 39 comprising anintermediate portion 11 from the opposite sides and ends of which extendin substantial parallelism the body and a flange '12,

which body is adapted to have its opposite edges 13 and 14 seated in thegrooves9 in the door. The grooves are so positioned in the sides of thedoor that when the body 10 is seated uponthe door, the body of the barwall 18 of the safety deposit chamber 19. .The block 17 has a slot 20 inwhich the bolt 8 may lodge. The forward endof the block 17 is disposedat such a place that when the door is closed the inner surface of theflange 12 will engage the forward end of the block 17. The -wall 18. isflared outwardly as shown at 21, and the edge of the door 22 is taperedso astobe complementary to the flared portion of the wall 18 whereby asnug closure is attained. The wall=23 of the box has mounted upon it ablock 24 the forward 95 end of which lies immediately adjacent the end25. of the bar 39 when the door is closed. A plate 26 ismounted upon theinterior surface of the wall 23 and has a shoulder 27 which engages theshoulder 28 formed on the wall 23. hen the door is closed the end of theplate 39 lies intermediatethe plate 26 and the block 24;. The plate 26issecured in position by screws 29 the heads of which lie in slots 31vformed in the hinge plate 32 secured upon the door 1 by means of screws33, the heads of which in turn may lodge in slots 34 formed in the plate26, when the door is closed. The plate 26 and the hinge plate 32 carrylugs or hinge members 35 and 36 respectively which arepivotally-seouredupon one another'by suitable pivots 37.

By referring to Fig.2 it is apparent that any blows delivered on thedoor will be resisted by the blooks 17 and 24. In event the hinges arebroken from the door, the

end 2-5 of the bar 39, overlapping the plate 26 precludes that end ofthe door which carries thehinge plate 32 from being Withdrawn from themouth of the box. Any force directed upon the shank 6 of the lock istransmitted to the bar'39 and from the bar 39 to the blocks 17 and 24.

chamber is formed within the door, a look within the chamber to Whichaccess may be had thru the slot in the door, hinges mountin the door onthe box, and means on the si es of thefbox adapted to be engaged by thebar and the lock bolt when the door is closed, whereby the'lock isprecluded from separation from the door, and the bar precludeswithdrawal of the hinged end of the door from the mouth in event thehinged connection of the door upon the box is severed.

' Intestiinony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th dayof December, 1921.

EVERETT "C. KLINE.

